Irritation is a regular experience in marriage. But even if your spouse doesn’t change, your love, appreciation, and enjoyment of them can. This article looks at the interpretations that fuel our irritation, along with three resources to help us in our fight against it. Continue Reading →
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In the aftermath of a miscarriage in their marriage, husbands can find help in the Scriptures to lament well and love their wives. Continue Reading →
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Learn how to apply the Genesis 2:23-25 creation marital narrative of “leave, cleave, weave, and receive” in a gospel-centered way.
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The purpose of marriage is to reveal God’s glory as we represent the Trinity, reflect Christ and the church, and enhance the maturity of our spouse.
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Most of us as head to Ephesians 5:21-33 as our main go-to passage for marriage. How could focusing on all of Ephesians help us to build a robust biblical foundation for marriage?
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As a Biblical Counselor I am frequently faced by people with relationship problems. They receive help with the immediate issue, and then are taught the marks of a healthy relationship.
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Sexual intimacy is not a solution to all marital tension. There may be an occasion or two where the act of sex between a husband and wife has a reorienting effect and helps to renew connection and love for one another after conflict. In general, however, sexual intimacy develops out of relational intimacy and should not, therefore, be used as a fix-all for marital conflict. Biblical counselors, then, should not recommend sexual intimacy as the cure for relational conflict. Continue Reading →
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One way to summarize God’s design for sex is to say that He created sex to be God-centered and other-focused. Ultimately, God created sex to teach us about Himself (see: Eph 5:31-32). In that way, sex is God-centered. But in order to learn and experience what God intends to reveal through sex, our engagement in it must not be self-focused but other-focused—that is, focused on the pleasure, joy, and fulfillment of our spouse. The problem is, this kind of selfless motivation doesn’t come naturally to us. We all come to sex captivated by our own desires and seeking our own pleasure. There may be a myriad of factors that contribute to our sexual struggles, but the fundamentally selfish nature of our desires is undeniably one of them. None of us comes to sex with selfless motives. Continue Reading →
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Redeeming Sex in Marriage: How the Gospel Rescues Sex, Transforms Marriage, and Reveals the Glory...
Read MoreUndoubtedly in your ministry, you’ve encountered people who hold on to grudges tightly or who are embroiled in conflict. In these cases, forgiveness must be a key focus of your pastoral care. But how do you explain the biblical concept of forgiveness? As a Christian, your starting point is different from what we hear in […]
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On the Occasion of our 30th Anniversary As of today, this picture was thirty years ago. Two young...
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The good cop, bad cop approach may work well when eliciting criminal confessions, but it was never intended for the home. You might notice it when one parent says, “Don’t tell your father [or mother]” and then modifies or subverts what the other parent said. These parents may have any number of reasons for their […]
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